Gov. Scott releases ad attacking woman who attacked him at Starbucks

Gov. Rick Scott released an attack ad titled "Latte Liberal Gets an Earful," on Friday on his official YouTube channel, attacking Cara Jennings, the woman whose rant against Scott at a Gainesville Starbucks was caught on video.

Gov. Rick Scott released an attack ad titled "Latte Liberal Gets an Earful," on Friday on his official YouTube channel, attacking Cara Jennings, the woman whose rant against Scott at a Gainesville Starbucks was caught on video.

A video has appeared on Gov. Rick Scott's YouTube Channel attacking Cara Jennings, the woman whose tirade against Scott at a Gainesville Starbucks was caught on video.

After playing a clip of Jennings asking, "A million jobs? Great, who here has a great job?" a male voice answers, "Well, almost everybody – except those that are sitting around coffee shops, demanding public assistance, surfing the Internet, and cursing at customers who come in."

The viral video of the rant this week by Jennings, a former Lake Worth city commissioner, was called "Governor Scott Gets an Earful," and has been viewed more than 2 million times. In the video, Jennings calls the governor an "a-------" and berates him for not doing enough to help working people.

Scott's response video, entitled "Latte Liberal Gets an Earful," appeared Friday on Scott's official YouTube channel and features the words "Sponsored by Let's Get to Work," which is the governor's political action committee.

Jennings said she was at the coffee shop working on a freelance job for the Service Employees International Union. She said she doesn't receive public assistance right now, but even if she did, it shouldn't matter.

"Gov. Scott and his PAC are bullies," she said. "Instead of addressing the issues I brought up he's using the power of his PAC to try to intimidate someone who spoke out against his policies."

Jennings said the viral video of her tirade doesn't capture the beginning of the conversation, which she said was civil.

In a letter to Scott's office, Jennings invited the governor to meet her for coffee on April 20 in Tallahassee at the café of his choice.

A video has appeared on Gov. Rick Scott's YouTube Channel attacking Cara Jennings, the former Lake Worth city commissioner who was filmed unleashing a profanity-laced tirade against Scott when he made an appearance at a Gainesville Starbucks.

A video has appeared on Gov. Rick Scott's YouTube Channel attacking Cara Jennings, the former Lake Worth city commissioner who was filmed unleashing a profanity-laced tirade against Scott when he made an appearance at a Gainesville Starbucks.

"A lot of people in their life fall into a gap of work," Jennings said. "They need to be on public assistance, and they shouldn't be admonished for that."

She said she fell into the Medicaid gap and was unable to get coverage when she took a year off to care for her infant son.

In a public appearance in Boca Raton Wednesday, Scott said Jennings was not "somebody you could talk to," and he said the jobs he created during his administration will help improve the lives of all Floridians.

Jennings said she doesn't understand why the governor would release a video attacking a private citizen.

"So I guess this means that he doesn't want to meet me for coffee?" she asked, when she learned his video had been released.